How can you avoid order proposals for planned independent requirements with past dates?

The correct answer involves reorganizing planned independent requirements to prevent order proposals from being generated for dates in the past. When you reorganize planned independent requirements, you essentially clean up or adjust the historical data that can lead to inefficiencies, such as carrying over past demand into current period planning processes. This action allows the system to disregard outdated requirements and focus on future needs, ensuring that the material planning process is accurate and relevant.

Reorganizing planned independent requirements helps maintain a clear view of current and future demand, preventing the system from triggering unnecessary orders based on outdated information. This process can streamline MRP runs and improve overall production planning efficiency.

In contrast, other choices address different aspects of the planning process but do not specifically target the issue of past dates. For instance, setting the requirements reduction indicator may reduce overall requirements, but it does not inherently eliminate past-dated proposals. Similarly, maintaining adjustment parameters in the MRP group typically adjusts planning behavior but might not affect historical orders directly. Conducting a forecasting review is beneficial for evaluating future demand but does not actively prevent the generation of order proposals for past dates.